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Thanks to fast action by bird lovers in Oakland, CA, a dozen injured and scared herons and egrets are safely in care this week at our San Francisco Bay-Delta wildlife center. Last Monday in a well-known Oakland rookery, a ficus tree infected by dry rot split in two and spilled wild birds near a busy […]

*MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2017The press corps' low skill levels:* Would the Republican Senate's health care bill produce large Medicaid cuts? Or would it simply slow the rate at which the program would grow? Last Wednesday, we spotted the New York Times' Robert Pear reverting to "slow the growth." He did this above the fold on the Times' front page. To review our post, click here. As always, your Daily Howler keeps banging out results! Two days later, Pear flipped. Front-page headline included: PEAR AND KAPLAN (6/23/17): *Senate Unveils Health Bill With Deep Medicaid Cuts, Similar to Hou...more »

*USNI News:* *Updated: 2 Marines Severely Burned In Ground Flash Fire at MCAS Miramar* Two Marines are being treated for severe burns after an explosion occurred while conducting maintenance on an F/A-18 Hornet at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif. A ground flash fire occurred at about 10:18 p.m. Sunday, while Marines from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 112 (VMFA-112), a reserve unit out of Fort Worth, Texas, were performing routine maintenance on their jets. The two injured Marines are being treated at the University of California-San Diego Regional Burn Center, and the ...more »

*There's absolutely no new physical beef in it in comparison with 1925-1926* In 1970, H. Dieter Zeh invented decoherence along with the many-minds interpretation – a historical fact that should remind you that "decoherence" is surely not a universal tool to expel minds and observers from quantum mechanics. What is this many-minds interpretation? Well, it's simple. It's "analogous" to the many-worlds interpretation, whatever that means, except that it's the minds, and not the worlds with objects, that split. In practice, the many-minds interpretation says that "bodies" evolve to su...more »

CFACT policy analyst Larry Bell calls out Ben Santer, Kerry Emanual, and Naomi Oreskes for their shrill opposition to genuine peer review that might well expose fake science. And for good reason. Santer is one of the top perpetrators of false and misleading information through his work with the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Voice: Bruce Gagnon, Coordinator of the Global Network. Listen to Bruce's entire talk: https://youtu.be/oerbJKbjpRs Animation by Stuart Grey: https://youtu.be/O64KM4GuRPk Thanks to Will Griffin for this important video.

*Tom Toles/Washington Post (source)* *by Gaius Publius* Just one more note on the Senate "health care" bill, to add to the information you're already reading. Via Robert Reich, the bill's real aim is the destruction of Medicaid (see explanation below), one of the three great social programs passed by FDR and his fervent New Deal acolyte, LBJ. There's a trick with the Medicaid death trap though — most of the destruction is timed to occur after the CBO's 10-year analysis window, which means it's not going to show up when the CBO scores the bill. Will Americans be fooled? Who knows? ...more »

[image: bill-in-congress-would-limit-crony-capitalism-in-sports] Billionaire professional sports team owners want you to pay for their stadiums, but a bill in Congress would limit some of that financing.

[image: does-anyone-agree-with-trump-s-paris-agreement-pullout-yes-indeed] Despite claims of Trump vs. the World, the president's ever-growing fan base includes thousands of reputable climate scientists who support his withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate agreement.

First I’ve got no medical training on diets and unless it works for a few others all I can say is it worked for me but no guaranties. But who are we kidding about the benefit of “medical training” on … Continue reading →

Courtesy of WaPo: *The Supreme Court agreed Monday to allow a limited version of President Trump’s ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries to take effect and will consider in the fall the president’s broad powers in immigration matters in a case that raises fundamental issues of national security and religious discrimination. * *The court made an important exception: It said the ban “may not be enforced against foreign nationals who have a credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States.” * *In the unsigned opinion, the court said...more »

Fear the Walking Dead introduced Michael Greyeyes, a Native American warrior with a long-standing grievance against the Broke Jaw Ranch that's finally boiling over. He was the one who shot down the helicopter and killed Travis (Cliff Curtis). "Have you lost your mind, Walker?" said Troy. "Have you any idea what you've just done?" "Defended our land," Walker replied. Walker explained that the bad blood between him and McCarthy, the guy who got his brain-can opened, went way back, and McCarthy killed two of his men yesterday. Troy almost passively insinuated that Walker had sta...more »

The Democrats have become nothing but OBSTRUCTIONISTS, they have no policies or ideas. All they do is delay and complain.They own ObamaCare! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2017 Yes Donald Trump is very angry that the Democrats will not join the Republicans in undermining their signature health care plan, and taking health insurance away from over twenty five million Americans. And yes of course they had policies and ideas, Trump is currently working on repealing all of them. The reason that President Obama did NOTHING about Russia after being notified by the CIA of...more »

Nine were hurt and two arrests made amid ugly scenes outside of the residence of the Turkish ambassador in the US capital in May when Erdogan's suited security agents clashed with demonstrators *DW*: *Germany tells Erdogan's bodyguards to stay away from Hamburg G20* German officials are preparing for violence at the G20 but not all of it may come from protesters. The Turkish president's bodyguards are renowned for clashing with activists. The German Foreign Ministry warned Turkish bodyguards involved in violent scuffles in Washington last month not to attend the G20 summit in July...more »

While we’re on the subject of snappy retorts, how about this one, from the London Mayor. The video of Sadiq Khan at the London Mayor’s Question Time refusing to promise he’d raise the matter of Hezbollah with the Home Secretary, could have gone viral. *Has* it gone viral? Or have they deleted it? Andrew Boff is the name of the man who asked for clarification as to what constitutes a banned terror organisation, after Hezbollah flags appeared during a march in the capital earlier this month. Khan was riled. Here, @MayorofLondon, @SadiqKhan, shows, quite clearly, where he stands on ...more »

As a mother it’s often difficult to find time to blog. By the time you get round to it, the subject you’ve been mulling over in your head has gone off the boil. You guessed it. We’re talking Andrea Leadsom. The entire media seemed to have been pretending that when Andrea Leadsom blurted out the dreaded ‘p’ word, she was actually demanding that the BBC assumes a nationalistic agenda with immediate effect. National anthem before every news bulletin. No-one said what I, as a mother, thought was quite obvious; that the she was provoked by the unrelenting negativity that pours forth fr...more »

(AFP) Iraqi forces on Monday were searching neighborhoods of west Mosul they retook weeks ago after a surprise ISIL attack on their rear that left several dead, officials said. The attack, which was claimed by ISIL terrorist group, sowed panic among residents who returned to live in the Tanak and Yarmuk neighborhoods of west Mosul. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 P.M.) – Minutes ago, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), alongside Hezbollah and Liwaa Fatemiyoun, captured more than 3km of territory in the southeastern countryside of Damascus, pushing further south towards the Iraqi border. According to Hezbollah’s official media wing, their forces and the Syrian Army seized 3km of territory south of Rajm […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

(IRNA) Hamid Abutalebi, political director of the Iranian presidential office said in his twitter account that Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Rouhani have stressed promotion of economic and trade relations between Tehran and Doha, in particular two countries’ private sectors. During the phone conversation, the two leaders congratulated Eid al-Fitr to each others, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:15 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is gearing up to attack one of the most important border-crossings between the Deir Ezzor Governorate and Iraq’s Al-Anbar Governorate, a military source told Al-Masdar News today. Led by their 5th Corps, the Syrian Arab Army plans to capture the imperative T-2 Pumping Station within […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:25 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), ed by elite Republican Guard units, has intensified its offensive on Damascus’ Jobar District in the East Ghouta area following heavy non-stop airstrikes throughout the target sector. The SAA are currently storming Jobar from the Taibah axis and the Ayn Tarma axis. Intense clashes are […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:15 P.M.) – Representatives of the Russian Centre for a Reconciliation of Opposing Sides on Monday delivered humanitarian aid to the residents of Al Waer, Homs Province, which was recently liberated from militants. Dozens of people queued up as the Russian soldiers distributed packages of medicine and food. The militants reportedly left the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Supreme Court of the United States largely lifts injunctions on President Trump's travel ban Executive Orders imposed by lower courts saying they are much too broad. The post BREAKING: Trump decisively wins battle of the ‘travel ban’ Executive Orders in the Supreme Court appeared first on The Duran.

Hillary Clinton is not the victim of any conspiracies. She is in fact a master conspiracy theorist whose wild theorises continue to harm America and the wider world. The post BUSTED: This person is America’s number 1 conspiracy theorist appeared first on The Duran.

Last two days various ISF sources have claimed 50-99% of Old City is freed none of which are supported by latest government map of progress in Old City. (Ninewa Media Cell) Smoke hangs in sky from surprise attack by IS in liberated Tanak neighborhood while civilians attempt to flee (Iraq Newspaper) The Iraqi forces (ISF) predictedthat they would have all of Mosul liberated by June 25 the start of Eid. Without having achieved that it made a series of exaggerated propaganda releases. First, a lieutenant colonel from the Golden Division claimedthat 65-70% of the Old City was under g...more »

When a Tuscon, Arizona, man saw a sign on the house that said “Free dog,” he decided to knock on the door. The moment he saw the puppy’s big amber eyes and perky little ears, he knew he had to adopt the little guy. The puppy — whom he named Neo — turned out to be a bigger handful than he had bargained for. Neo was often very skittish, difficult to house train, and demanded the man’s attention all the time, which was difficult because he was a student who also worked full time. When the man was out of the house, he would leave Neo in the backyard, but the puppy refused to stay put. ...more »

The reason that President Obama did NOTHING about Russia after being notified by the CIA of meddling is that he expected Clinton would win.. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2017 ...and did not want to "rock the boat." He didn't "choke," he colluded or obstructed, and it did the Dems and Crooked Hillary no good. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2017 The real story is that President Obama did NOTHING after being informed in August about Russian meddling. With 4 months looking at Russia... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2017 ..under a magnif...more »

*Qatar Update* Last week, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Egypt delivered the following list of demands to Qatar with a 10-day ultimatum for compliance as carried by *The Khaleej Times*, an Emirati news service. 1. Curb diplomatic ties with Iran and close its diplomatic missions in Qatar. Expel members of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps from Qatar and cut off any joint military cooperation with Iran. Only trade and commerce with Iran that complies with US and international sanctions will be permitted. 2. Sever all ties to "terrorist organizations," specifica...more »

May was quite a month for Rik Torfs, the rector of a prominent university in Belgium. On May 9, Torfs lost his re-election campaign for rector of KU Leuven by a slim margin—out of more than 2100 votes, he lost by a mere 48. And just 20 days later, on May 29, Torfs wrote his […] The post Soon-to-be-ex-rector of top Belgium university blames coverage of misconduct case for ouster appeared first on Retraction Watch.

[image: california-s-400-billion-single-payer-bill-tabled-for-the-year] A bill to impose single-payer healthcare on the state of California has been put on hold by state Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, who called it “woefully incomplete.”

[image: starving-venezuelans-risking-60-miles-of-open-ocean-to-barter-for-food] The failings and destruction of socialism are on full display in Venezuela, as its starving citizens are risking 60 miles of open ocean to barter for food in Trinidad.

*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Construction on the first submarine in this new class is slated to be finished up by 2028, with initial combat patrols beginning in 2031, service officials said. The Navy is accelerating and increasing design support for the development and construction of its new Columbia-Class nuclear armed ballistic missile submarines -- to ensure progress toward the goal of engineering the most lethal, high-tech and advanced ballistic missile submarines the world has ever seen. Designed to serve well into the 2080s and beyond, Navy and General Dynamics Electric Bo...more »

[image: syria]Newly reported communications show the US knew the president of Syria did not order a chemical weapons attack on civilians, but it continues to be one of the primary reasons for involvement there.

Keeping track of children while they play can be a thankless task - and it's just as true in the animal kingdom. Adorable footage has emerged of a baby elephant in Borås Zoo, in southern Sweden, who plays a bit too rough for his own good. He eagerly chases around two flocks of guinea fowl, who prove a bit too agile for the young elephant. Nonetheless the eager elephant persists, chasing the birds around and around and around. At one moment he stumbles, clearly dizzy from having rampaged around in circles for a while. However he continues his futile chase before eventually tumblin...more »

Tormented water masses with distant horizons in flames. Multicoloured reflexions over living oceans. Moving images with an astounding visual impact. These are the first words that come to my mind if I try to describe Paola Nicoletti's paintings. Needless to say, I like them a lot - but judge for yourself from the three images below, or by visiting her web site. And if you do, please drop her a line! Paola is a friend, who has recently taken her painting quite seriously. I believe these pictures give ample justification for it. Here is what Paola herself writes to describe some of her...more »

Dr. Irena Scott This week I spoke with Dr. Irena McCammon Scott who had published the book, *UFO’s Today: 70 Years of Lies, Misinformation and Government Coverup*. I had hoped that we would be able to talk about what was new in the book and when I asked, she pointed to a tale of Cordell Hull who had talked about alien bodies stored under the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. The problem is that the tale is not new and was reported in the *International UFO Reporter* in the winter 2001 – 2002 issue. There doesn’t seem to be much in the way of corroboration for the story. You can l...more »

A combination of file photos showing Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, January 15, 2016 and U.S. President Donald Trump posing for a photo in New York City, U.S., May 17, 2016. REUTERS/Ivan Sekretarev/Pool/Lucas Jackson/File Photos *The Hill:* *Trump pressing for big meeting with Putin: report* President Trump is reportedly pressing for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit next month in Germany. But according to The Associated Press, some of Trump's advisers, including officials in the Stat...more »

*it's long, but worth the time.* Not only is Bill excellent, but Ann Vandersteel, the bright young lady interviewing him not only does a great job, but has much to add to the discussion. We must become pro-active on the issue of "hate speech" or soon we'll be silenced. I stand by my sub-heading: *"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear" *George Orwell *If you don't know the story see:* Outrageous! Wild Bill for America ARRESTED in Canada... and Wild Bill speaks out about his "arrest" in Canada... Please link and spread the word. Your freedom depends on ...more »

The Future of Freedom Foundation (FFF) has made available video of Ron Paul’s speech at FFF’s June 3 conference. Paul, who is chairman of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, jokes early on the in the speech about the Bilderberg meeting being held at the same time at another northern Virginia hotel, before proceeding to deliver his speech concerning issues of the day. In his speech, Paul presents his idea of how America should be a world leader — an idea very different from that advanced by many of the people attending the Bilderberg meeting Paul had mentioned in the spe...more »

The Future of Freedom Foundation (FFF) has made available video of Ron Paul’s speech at FFF’s June 3 conference. Paul, who is chairman of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, jokes early on the in the speech about the Bilderberg meeting being held at the same time at another northern Virginia hotel, before proceeding to deliver his speech concerning issues of the day. In his speech, Paul presents his idea of how America should be a world leader — an idea very different from that advanced by many of the people attending the Bilderberg meeting Paul had mentioned in the spe...more »

The Future of Freedom Foundation (FFF) has made available video of Ron Paul’s speech at FFF’s June 3 conference. Paul, who is chairman of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, jokes early on the in the speech about the Bilderberg meeting being held at the same time at another northern Virginia hotel, before proceeding to deliver his speech concerning issues of the day. In his speech, Paul presents his idea of how America should be a world leader — an idea very different from that advanced by many of the people attending the Bilderberg meeting Paul had mentioned in the spe...more »

The Future of Freedom Foundation (FFF) has made available video of Ron Paul’s speech at FFF’s June 3 conference. Paul, who is chairman of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, jokes early on the in the speech about the Bilderberg meeting being held at the same time at another northern Virginia hotel, before proceeding to deliver his speech concerning issues of the day. In his speech, Paul presents his idea of how America should be a world leader — an idea very different from that advanced by many of the people attending the Bilderberg meeting Paul had mentioned in the spe...more »

Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. - Greg Leiseron discusses why the abject failure of Kansas' anti-social experiment with trickle-down economics shouldn't have come as a surprise to anybody: Claims of supply-side growth from labor income tax cuts rely on the idea that people will be more willing to work when their after-tax wages are higher. This theory posits that labor income tax cuts result in growth because people who could increase their earnings choose not to because tax rates are too high, but it does not take much to see why cutting tax rates for middle- and h...more »

Biochemist Valter Longo is a tenured professor at USC (he also runs the IFOM cancer institute in Milan) who has spent decades studying aging in yeast cells and lab mice. And his studies have convinced him that periodic fasting is the way to live a long and healthy life. Armed with this info, he’s developed a

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On Friday, SeaWorld revealed that both the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating them for matters related to CNN’s “Blackfish” documentary. “The investigations are looking into ‘disclosures and public statements’ made by company executives in August 2014 or earlier ‘regarding the impact of the ‘Blackfish’ documentary’ and SeaWorld’s stock, according to

Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, has stepped in it- again. Thus far, their construction of the $4.2 billion Rover natural gas line has caused seven industrial spills, they’ve been fined more than $914,000 for environmental violations in Ohio, polluted fragile Ohio wetlands, angered local farmers and the company also owes

The embassy will help provide local supporters with information and cultural exchange from Donetsk as well as Lugansk. The post Donetsk People’s Republic to open embassy in France appeared first on The Duran.

The new revelations from Japan shed light on America's violently anti-North Korea moves prior to the election of the new peace minded South Korean President Moon. The post South Korea’s impeached President planned violent regime change for Pyongyang appeared first on The Duran.

[image: undefined] This week the Senate Republican leadership unveiled its Obamacare replacement plan. Like its House counterpart, the misnamed Senate plan retains most of Obamacare’s core features. Both the House and Senate plans allow states to obtain waivers providing relief from some Obamacare mandates, although the waivers in both bills are too restrictive to be of much value. For example, the Senate's bill does not allow states to have waived two of Obamacare’s most destructive mandates — guaranteed issue and community ratings. The healthcare debate is dominated by emotional ...more »

*MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2017Part 1—Chomsky's thesis in action:* We humans! Despite embarrassing limitations observable through the annals of time, we can develop a ton of information— though only in situations where the sharing of facts and information is culturally allowed. This noteworthy fact came to mind as we read Friday morning's Washington Post. On page A3, the Post reported the latest facts about the various shapes of the eggs laid by different species of birds. Youngish Ben Guarino had received the assignment, and he had hammered it out. He seemed a good choice for the task. ...more »

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald, damaged by colliding with a Philippine-flagged merchant vessel, is seen at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo June 18, 2017. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS *Reuters:* *Exclusive: U.S. warship stayed on deadly collision course despite warning - container ship captain* A U.S. warship struck by a container vessel in Japanese waters failed to respond to warning signals or take evasive action before a collision that killed seven of its crew, according to a report of the incident by the...more »

We are talking serfs vassals slaves here the return of feudalism 21st century corporate style Mental slaves all around us go any place where people meet the joint is crawling with them Whining about Trump dreaming of the good old days when Obama 'respected' the rule of law ran a 'clean' government only got us into 7 wars Drone executions Expanding NATO Health care was a corporate subsidy but allowed for pre-existing conditions yeah the glory days Saw an invite from a liberal group 'Join the resistance' was the headline the fine print told the real story come learn how to lobby R...more »

Published on Jun 25, 2017 The IDF struck two artillery launchers and an ammunition truck on the Syrian side of the border after “several Syrian projectiles” landed in Israeli territory without causing any casualties. A similar incident occurred in the same Golan Heights region on Saturday. end

The western MSM seems to be all over this NASA Alien life discovery this morning. The announcements/comments by NASA in April 2017 clearly hinted of this. Remember: these are NOT ALIENS, they are the fallen angels being kick out of heaven onto earth (coming with the Nephilim). – Revelation 12 New King James Version (NKJV) […]

Sometimes people ask me to put them on the Blue America mailing list. I don’t know how-- literally; no idea. The only way I know to get on the list is to contribute-- even if just one dollar-- to any of the candidates on any of our endorsement lists-- like this one for the House or this one for the Senate or this one for worthy incumbents or this one for primarying Blue Dogs… or this one to send Paul Ryan back to the weinermobile. There are others too… always fun to come up with new pages. Anyway, pick a page, pick a candidate, give a buck-- or 20 bucks or 1,000 bucks and you’re a...more »

Politico is arguing that progressives can't break through on health care: For weeks now, liberal activists and Democratic senators have struggled to capture the public’s focus in their campaign to halt Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s momentum to repeal Obamacare. Now that the GOP bill is public, its expected coverage losses are likely to make it as deeply unpopular as the House’s plan — yet the left is facing a perilously narrow window to pick off wavering Republican senators and sink the bill before this week’s vote. That messaging crisis is not for lack of trying. But pro...more »

By Paul Homewood I won’t say I told you, but! . Jillian Ambrose reports: . EDF is bracing for a multi-billion euro rise in costs at its Hinkley Point C nuclear site after a fresh evaluation of the project revealed yet another likely delay. An internal review of the troubled project by senior executives […]

*Creativity and the Root-Bernsteins again* *I put up yesterday some comments on a 2011 article by the Root-Bernsteins in which they were very skeptical about the notion of creativity as a general trait and in which they challenged the claim that training in the arts was a good way of fostering scientific creativity.A reader has however drawn my attention to an earlier, 2009, article (See below) by the same authors in which they argue that the most creative scientists are also great dabblers in the arts. They argue from that that scientists with artistic interests ar...more »

*Scientific Consensus Up In Smoke: ‘Big Bang Theory Is Wrong, Basic Maths Is Incorrect’* Stephen Hawking’s ideas about the origins of the universe — which have long been at the centre of physics and cosmology — are wrong, says one of his closest friends. Professor Neil Turok, director of the Perimeter Institute in Canada, has long questioned Hawking’s vision of the Big Bang, when space, time and matter are thought to have burst into existence. Now he has published research suggesting that the basic maths behind Hawking’s views is incorrect and that science must rethink the origin...more »

*This latest news item just caught my attention.* *From earlier:* *Making note of the fact it is now after 3:00 pm EST. And there are a total of 6 news items covering the testimony from the Captain of the ACX Crystal that I have seen. The initial news was posted here at about 8:30 am EST. So, 6 1/2 hours later the vast majority of the five eyes media has not bothered to carry this news.* The Far More Maneuverable Fitzgerald Will Likely Bear Much Of The Blame.Link ACX Crystal warned Fitzgerald as it maneuvered into it's path "A US warship struck by a Philippines container ship in J...more »

*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Perhaps the worst submarine disaster in recent memory was Russia’s loss of K-141 Kursk, which was a Project 949A Antey-class (Oscar II) nuclear-powered guided missile submarine. *K-278 Komsomolets was the only boat of the Project 685 Plavnik-class (NATO: Mike) ever completed. Designed primarily as a testbed for new technologies, the 8,000-ton Komsomolets was one of the highest performance submarines ever built—it had an operating depth greater than 3000ft. Like the Papa-class, Project 685 Plavnik was designed to test automation technologies and perfe...more »

*Robert Farley* *Security, * K-429 sank because the Soviet leadership grew paranoid about American military advantages, and then sank again because the Soviets lacked the resources to maintain basic port facilities. *The Cold War forced the USSR to compete with the United States, a state that enjoyed huge advantages in transportation and infrastructure, even setting aside the profound ideological edge of capitalism over state-socialism in producing innovative technology. Under these conditions the workers, soldiers, and sailors of the Soviet Union did as well as they could. But ...more »

CFACT Senior Policy Analyst Paul Driessen, with climatologist David Legates, asks those who claim that "we are still in" the Paris climate accord pay their equal share of the U.S. payment mandated by the Paris accords? How also will they justify the loss of jobs, revenues, and even the health of their constituents -- almost all of whom were not consulted when these leaders made their high-sounding pronouncements -- all of whom did so without providing a pathway for making the payments to the UN or the early retirement of fossil fuel power sources and replacement with the massive, ve...more »

*Daily Mail:* *Theresa May's DUP deal is FINALLY sealed in Downing Street as Ian Paisley party agrees to prop her up in power - in return for £1bn for Northern Ireland* * Prime Minister and DUP chief have finally agreed a deal in Downing Street * Parties have been wrangling for more than a fortnight over details of agreement * Mrs May forced to seek support from Northern Ireland party by election debacle * Tories drop plans to scrap triple lock on pensions and curb winter fuel payments * Package of extra funding for Northern Ireland worth extra £1bn over two years Theresa May brea...more »

Researchers at a prominent Japanese university have retracted a 2016 paper in a chemistry journal after the first author admitted to scientific misconduct. According to the notice, Kyushu University investigated and verified that the first author had committed scientific misconduct. We requested a copy of the misconduct report, which revealed that the researcher, Prasenjit Mahato, a […] The post “Searching our souls”: Authors retract paper after researcher admits to fabricating data appeared first on Retraction Watch.

Courtesy of the Daily Beast: *This week, potential litigants from Nebraska to Oklahoma received mailers offering the opportunity to join a class action lawsuit if former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee robocalled their houses with advertisements for a straight-to-DVD movie about the War on Christmas. * *“If you received one or more telephone calls that used the recorded voice of Mike Huckabee to deliver a message as part of a campaign for the movie Last Ounce of Courage, you may be a class member in a class action lawsuit,” the mailer reads. * *Lawyers for plaintiffs Dorit and R...more »

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:39 P.M.) – Pro-government forces based in Deir Ezzor, despite the sheer level of strategic disadvantage that plagues them, continue to score sound tactical and operational victories against their ISIS besiegers. In the most recent clashes between the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Islamic State in the area of Deir Ezzor, the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – A large number of US-backed rebel fighters were killed by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the southeastern countryside of Damascus, today, following another failed offensive by the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the Bir Qassab area. According to Al-Masdar’s Damascus correspondent, Ibrahim Joudeh, the Syrian Arab Army, backed by […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:45 P.M.) – The Israeli Air Force launched their third airstrike against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) earlier today, striking the latter’s positions at the Mafrazeh Al-Jisr Checkpoint in the Golan Heights. According to a military source in the Golan Heights, this airstrike by the Israeli Air Force killed two Syrian Army soldiers […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:25 P.M.) – The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have captured another district inside Raqqa City, following a tough battle with the Islamic State (ISIL) terror organization in the provincial capital. According to the US Coalition, the Syrian Democratic Forces took full control of the Al-Qudsiyah District, Sunday, after launching a powerful attack […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:15 P.M.) – The leader of the Islamic Revolution and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei delivered the Eid al-Fitr prayers at Tehran’s Great Musalla, on Monday, to the thousands of people. He expressed his support of the Yemeni people, saying, “Above all, revolutionary forces should be more vigilant about the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:02 P.M.) – Pro-government forces, led by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), have netted another strategic gain in the southern Syrian desert. According to the Syrian Ministry of Defense, pro-government forces have liberated the area of Bi’r al-Duliayat from ISIS terrorists. More specifically, the village of al-Duliayat sits virtually halfway along the road […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:45 A.M.) – A heroic Iraqi police officer saved dozens of lives in the Babel Governorate, today, after a would-be suicide bomber attempted to enter a mosque in the Musayeb District. According to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, the unnamed police officer hugged the suicide bomber before he could enter the mosque in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Vladimir Putin's handling of the young French President Emmanuel Macron demonstrates he is uniquely prepared to deal with the brazen Mohammad bin Salman. The post If ANYONE can handle Mohammad Bin Salman, that person is Vladimir Putin appeared first on The Duran.

New poll shows that a majority of Americans think the fake news Russia probes are "a distraction." The post New poll finds 73% of Americans think the Russia probes are complete BS appeared first on The Duran.

The American Senate's version of Trumpcare is a nasty piece of work. And Republicans are doing everything they can to keep their fellow citizens in the dark. Robert Reich writes: America’s wealthiest taxpayers (earning more than $200,000 a year, $250,000 for couples) would get a tax cut totaling $346bn over 10 years, representing what they save from no longer financing healthcare for lower-income Americans. That’s not all. The bill would save an additional $400bn on Medicaid, which Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, and Donald Trump are intent on shrinking in order to cut even more taxe...more »

*Source: La Gaceta (Salta) and Planeta UFODate: 06.25.2017* *Argentina: Unknown Flashing Object Astonishes Onlookers* Something out of the ordinary startled residents of Barrio El Carmen yesterday at noon. It sparkled and moved, but it was unknown to those looking at it. Local residents were astounded by the object that appeared in the skies of Salta at noon yesterday. In Barrio El Carmen, anyone looking up at that time would have been surprised to see an unusual shiny object. Some locals who beheld the circular shining object spoke with La Gaceta about the unanswered riddle: w...more »

USS Fitzgerald*NYT's* *There should have been lookouts on watch on the port, starboard and stern of the destroyer Fitzgerald *— *sailors scanning the horizon with binoculars *and reporting by headsets to the destroyer’s bridge. At 1:30 a.m. last Saturday, off the coast of Japan south of Tokyo*, they could hardly have failed to see the 730-foot freighter ACX Crystal, stacked with more than 1,000 containers, as it closed in.* *Radar officers working both on the bridge and in the combat information center below it should have spotted the freighter’s image on their screens,* drawing s...more »

*Source: Planeta UFODate: 06.26.2017* *Argentina: Alleged UFO Over Quequén* *Guillermo Giménez writes*: "Today I received a message from Dolores Bernskov telling me '...that while she was writing in a WhatsApp group, I turned on the cellphone camera to show them what the weather was like. When I looked up, cellphone in hand, I saw this before my eyes. I pressed the button. The first thing I did was check the time - 8:56 a.m. on 25 June. [The object] was located over 521 corner with 554 in Quequén, bordering Necochea (Buenos Aires). It had staggered motion and vanished in the clo...more »

Wikipedia *Washington Times:* *Pentagon welcomes greater freedom under Trump but is wary of blame* Pentagon officials are welcoming the greater autonomy and decision-making authority under President Trump, after what they say were years of Obama administration micromanaging. Within the hallways and offices of the Pentagon, top military brass and national security leaders have lauded the actions taken by the Trump administration, saying privately that the Defense Department now has an opportunity to take the fight to America’s enemies after being freed from the White House’s heavy...more »

Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov. Wikimedia Commons/Mil.ru *Michael Peck, National Interest*: *Is Russia Giving Up on Aircraft Carriers?* Russia created a splash two years ago when it announced plans for a hundred-thousand-ton nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that would rival America’s giant new Ford-class carriers. Western and Russian defense experts quickly pooh-poohed the idea as unrealistic, an expensive $17 billion fantasy for a navy that has trouble enough operating Russia’s sole aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov. The experts appear to be right. Russia’s five...more »

By Teresa Conrick Individuals with Autism at Substantially Heightened Risk for Injury Death. That was all over the news just this past March. Deaths in individuals with autism increased 700 percent in the past 16 years and were three times...

Photo credit: ceds.org/school By Anne Dachel I've read dozens of stories about what's happening to special education in recent days. I wrote this piece about the heated reaction to an Australian lawmaker who said that inclusion of severely autistic children...

*Kris Osborn, National Interest*: *America's Next Super Aircraft Carrier Is 50 Percent Complete* *HII ship developers have been employing a newer construction strategy for the Kennedy, involving a handful of techniques intended to lower costs and call upon lessons learned from the building of the first Ford-class carrier.* The 2nd US Navy Ford-Class high-tech aircraft carrier has grown 70-feet longer and is now 50-percent structurally complete with the addition of the lower stern, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced.​ “We are halfway through lifting the units onto the ship, a...more »

*The Guardian: **HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier takes to the seas* *The £3.5bn cost of the vessel is so high that doubts have been raised over whether the Royal Navy can afford enough fighters for it* Captain Jerry Kyd seems remarkably relaxed given he is scheduled on Monday to take to sea for the first time one of the biggest and most expensive defence projects in British history, the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. To reach open sea, he will have to conduct two complicated manoeuvres, firstly to take it from the Rosyth dockyard basin where the carrier was built and ...more »

Opinion: We catalogued nearly every outright lie Donald Trump has told publicly since taking the oath of office https://t.co/aWY42GwCBm — The New York Times (@nytimes) June 25, 2017 Here is a sample courtesy of the NYT: *JAN. 21 “I wasn't a fan of Iraq. I didn't want to go into Iraq.” (He was for an invasion before he was against it.)* *JAN. 21 “A reporter for Time magazine — and I have been on their cover 14 or 15 times. I think we have the all-time record in the history of Time magazine.” (Trump was on the cover 11 times and Nixon appeared 55 times.)* *JAN. 23 “Between 3 million ...more »

A phone call between Iran's President and Qatar's Emir is Tehran's strongest public showing of support for Doha since the Saudi led boycott of Qatar started. The post ROUHANI: Iran will support ‘brotherly’ Qatar appeared first on The Duran.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has not commented on Buzzfeed's report. The post More BuzzFeed fake news? Deep State, corporate run news outlet claims Russia’s US Ambassador is on his way out appeared first on The Duran.

An 8-week-old puppy named Annabelle was left to swelter in a car parked at a Texas Wal-Mart that was shut off because the owner “didn’t want to waste gas.” She was rescued from the roasting car after 30 minutes, and in addition to having Annabelle taken from him, the owner has been charged with a crime and faces up to a year in jail. A good Samaritan at a Wal-Mart in Austin noticed the little pup suffering in a black Ford Focus parked in the sun. All of the windows were rolled up, and there was only a small crack in the sun roof. The person called 911, and officers from the Manor...more »

The well known Judeo-Christian first commandment: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me”. Seems totalitarian to me.

*Argentina: ICOU's UFO "Time Capsule"* As we approach the anniversary of the Kenneth Arnold sighting in 1947 and the alleged crash at Roswell that same year, UFO research can be faulted for paying excessive attention to the past and sparing little thought for what is yet to come. Argentina's ICOU group has taken a step in the right direction by placing photographic evidence, videos, and a variety of material aimed a posterity within a time capsule to be opened in the year 2117, when the mystery of UFOs will have either been solved or still bedevil humanity. The message to coming ...more »

An Iranian military fighter plane flies past an oil tanker during naval manoeuvres in the Gulf and Sea of Oman April 5, 2006. REUTERS/Fars News/File Photo *Panos Mourdoukoutas, Forbes:* *The Coming War Between Saudi Arabia And Iran Will Make American Frackers Very Rich* Saudi Arabia and Iran are moving closer to a direct military confrontation that has the potential to disrupt Middle East oil supplies and push crude oil prices back towards the $60, even $100, level. That’s a dream scenario for American frackers who will have to pump oil as fast as they can to make up any supply sh...more »

Invitation! U.S.-based CFACT, along with its Australian partners, is hosting a showing of its new ground-breaking documentary, Climate Hustle, and you’re invited! Following each event, join film director CFACT Executive Director, Craig Rucker and film host and publisher of ClimateDepot.com Marc Morano, for a question and answer session. Get the behind the scenes scoop on […]

*Take a Chance* The Grand Canyon Caverns Inn is just down Route 66 from Hackberry, Arizona. There's only one room in the hotel and it's 220 feet underground. It's not cheap, but it might save your life if somebody drops The Bomb (until the water and food run out). A little history of the place. It's on the road to the White Wolf Mine, a long with a lot of other little by-ways on the Road Less Traveled. I don't think that I'd spend the night there. It's not because I fear the experience. I don't - it's pretty cool...even in summer. But I am a bit cheap. George Washington may ha...more »

“History is a set of lies agreed upon.” – Napoleon Bonaparte Truth hurts! I have experienced it myself when I awakened and realized that I have been lied to all my life. When I realized that easily 50% of what I view as truth in the MSM, society, schools… are lies. Our world is build […]

Published on Jun 26, 2016 In this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges goes inside Israel and the Occupied Territories with Amira Hass. Hass is the Haaretz Correspondent for the Occupied Territories and author of “Drinking the Sea at Gaza”. RT Correspondent Anya Parampil joins the show with a report on the public manifestations […]

Longtime activist Frances Crowe before she is taken to Berkshire County House of Corrections after her arrest for trespassing on a Tennessee Gas Pipeline Saturday. Frances Crowe, considered a legend for her peace activism and anti-nuclear efforts, was pushed in her wheelchair to the edge of the open pipeline trench with seven other Sugar Shack Alliance members, causing Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. workers to stop heavy machine work and call police. Surrounded by state police after her arrest, fellow activists pushed her uphill through the pipeline easement to the backseat of a sheri...more »

*Julian Lee, Bloomberg:* *OPEC Looks Totally Bewildered by the Oil Market* It may be too soon to write OPEC's obituary, but the oil producer club appears in urgent need of late-life care. It shows little understanding of where it is, how it got there or where it's going. While it still manages to collect new members here and there, its core group looks more fragile than at any point in nearly 30 years. The historic output agreements, put together so painstakingly last year, are failing. Nearly 12 months of shuttle diplomacy culminated in two deals that would see 22 countries cut pr...more »

In the end the whole Comey sideshow was absurd. The only potential crime revealed is that Comey himself leaked his own report. Huh? Maybe it is time he just went away. Yet we do confirm that the russian narritive was a pack of lies top to bottom. Yet the press has demanded he defend himself in this regard for what is how seven months, while the narrative was used to damage his and his associate's reputations. Offensive? Where and when do we draw the line? .. *Comey testimony proves CNN and NYT guilty of “fake news”* *June 8, 2017* *https://thehornnews.com/comey-testimony-...more »

Without question, one of the surest ways to generate a massive leap in energy availability is to be able to store it easily. This can be implemented at every turn of the grid right down to the household. There you draw off peak power to charge your car and replenish your household needs. Now Musk is prepared to deliver at current pricing. After that it is a case of walking prices down in order to create rapidly expanding demand. It can be done once underway. This has been a long time coming but doing it was obvious anywhere close to meaningful price point. *Tesla kills...more »

[image: Ice Age People] It is interesting that such a short list has been conserved so well. And yes it is a natural hunter gatherer set as well. Thus folks could meet and perhaps exchange goods. The rest of language would be driven by almost random processes. At least we have confirmed what is plausible as well. Now i want to see now American languages all fit as well. . *This Study Uncovered Common Words That Appear to Have Survived from a Mother Language That Existed During the Last Ice Age* *Posted by Greg at 04:58, 30 May 2017 * *Follow The Daily Grail on Facebook an...more »

A specific description of the light and sound discovered through meditation is found here. The rest is mostly more of what we have already encountered as may now be expected. It is easy to understand copies of well formed teachings been used here. . Good material though but not particularly historical. All good. . *CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE * *Some Fragments from a Much Damaged Section Most of Which Has Been Destroyed * *Fragment 1 * *O enfolded, sleeping soul, unaware of the life fountain within from which you may drink, unfeeling of the throbbing life all about us, now i...more »

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (10:40 A.M.) – The Islamic State has released a brand new propaganda video covering its activities in Afghanistan, a war-torn Asian country where Islamic State forces have made their presence felt since early 2015, winning over a series of eastern tribes, thereby allowing them to take on the Taliban and Afghan Army. The […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:58 A.M.) – The ISIS terrorist group is fighting back against the US-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the southern and western areas of the city of Raqqah. Over the last week, the SDF attempt to advance into the central areas of Raqqah has slowed down almost to the point of a complete […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 A.M.) – Several LGBTQ activists were arrested after Turkish riot police disrupted a Pride Parade in Istanbul on Sunday, on the day Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan. Police reportedly fired rubber bullets on the activists, who went ahead and staged the march despite a ban by local authorities. At […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:58 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has foiled a counterattack by the Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) jihadist group and the Faylaq Al-Rahman Islamist faction that was launched in the direction of the Ayn Tarma Valley. The SAA managed to repel an attack on the Driving School area and then forced militants […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:35 A.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIL) launched a small-scale offensive in the Deir Ezzor Governorate, Sunday, targeting the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) defenses arund the Panorama Roundabout in the western part of the province. ISIL began the offensive by storming the Syrian Army’s defenses east of the Panorama School; this led to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and President Donald Trump at the White House last week. Photo Credit: @RusEmbUSA *Buzz Feed*: *Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak Is Going Home To Russia* *After nearly ten years at the nexus of US-Russia relations, Washington’s most radioactive diplomat is headed home* Ending one the most turbulent tenures of a Washington-based ambassador in recent memory, the Kremlin has decided to recall its ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak, three individuals familiar with the decision tell BuzzFeed News. The decision to bring Kislyak back to Russ...more »

The BBC's newspaper headlines review http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40401111 joyously reports that: 'Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis says Jeremy Corbyn told him he will be prime minister "in six months", according to the Metro. The Labour leader also reportedly said he would scrap the Trident nuclear weapons system.' The BBC will do their best to help this to happen.

John McDonnell politicises the deaths of people in the Grenfell Tower and the BBC are there to cheerlead. 'Labour's John McDonnell has claimed victims of the Grenfell Tower fire were "murdered" by "political decisions". The shadow chancellor made the claims at a Glastonbury Festival event on Sunday - a day after Jeremy Corbyn addressed thousands of people there. Mr McDonnell claimed the decision to "view housing as only for financial speculation" meant the Grenfell Tower victims were "murdered". He also said closing fire stations "contributed" to the deaths.' More here http://ww...more »

Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Moscow media conference, June 15, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin *Peter Apps, Reuters*: *The dangers of putting Putin under pressure* How will Vladimir Putin respond to the growing challenges against him? The Russian president, who turns 65 in October, might presently look unassailable - but maintaining that grip will get harder every year. Compared to British Prime Minister Theresa May or U.S. President Donald Trump, the Russian president faces scant internal opposition. Recent anti-corruption protests, however, provided him a reminder that no...more »

*"Make the Dollar Honest Again"* by Bill Bonner "Last night, we drove over to the harbor town of Dungarvan for dinner. The Irish countryside was idyllic - with rolling hills, forests and hayfields. Then, arriving at Dungarvan, we saw the Atlantic shining in the distance. Down at the harbor, the tide was out. Boats lay in the mud on their sides, waiting for the water to set them straight again. The restaurants were full. The parking lots were at capacity. Everywhere, groups of diners chatted and laughed. ‘Ireland seems to be booming,’ we said to our companions. ‘Yes, it’s come back ...more »

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Its practices have defiled scientific integrity, but proposed corrections bring shock and defiance. Guest essay by John Rafuse President Trump’s budget guidance sought to cut $1.6 billion from the Environmental Protection Agency’s $8.1 billion expectation. Shrieks of looming Armageddon prompted Congress to fund EPA in full until September…

Originally posted on Climate Etc.: The National Climate Assessment must be redirected or terminated by Patrick J. Michaels Periodic National Assessments of the effects of climate change on the U.S. are mandated by the 1990 Global Change Research Act. The next Assessment Report is scheduled to be published in late 2018. The Assessment Report will be…

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Guest essay by Larry Hamlin A new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) from NOAA’s Earth System Laboratory, Boulder Colorado exposes and debunks the contrived claims of a recent renewable energy study which falsely alleged that low cost and reliable 100% renewable…

Last night, the Czech National Geographic aired the last episode of "Genius" about Einstein. The program was rescheduled for another season that will cover the life of Pablo Picasso. I think it was very well done and I have learned some new things about Einstein's life. Despite the systemic importance of Einstein in theoretical physics, the questions whom he argued with or whom he had sex with haven't been the things I've been immensely interested in – people who aren't into physics are often puzzled by this fact but those who have a clue aren't – but I think that it made sense to ...more »

(Photo courtesy MiG) *Defense Tech:* *MiG-35, Russia’s New 4th-Gen Light Fighter, Readies for Combat* SALON DU BOURGET, France — The next addition to Russia’s roster of fighter jets that bridge fourth- and fifth-generation technology may join units as soon as 2019, officials with the MiG Corporation told Military.com here at the Paris Air Show. The MiG-35, designed to replace MiG-29s rounding out their fourth decade in service, was absent from Paris but will be featured at the MAKS international airshow near Moscow in July as engineers finalize testing on the aircraft, said Anast...more »

What will be left of rural television stations? Dual Freq, CC BY-SA While Americans were distracted by the very important public debates around an open internet and the proliferation of fake news online, the Federal Communications Commission quietly proposed reshaping a key way rural Americans stay informed – their local television news. Two decades-old rules – called by policymakers the “main studio rule” and the “UHF discount” – come from different eras of broadcasting, one when the only electronic media was radio and the other from the days before the dominance of cable televisio...more »

People without security clearances aren’t going to learn what the winning design for the Long Range Strike Bomber looks like anytime soon, but the Northrop Grumman B-2 bomber probably bears some resemblance. The lack of a fuselage or tail makes it much harder to track with radar; unfortunately, its stealth coatings and other “low-observable” features are a nightmare to maintain. (Wikipedia) *Kris Osborn, National Interest:* *We Now Know What It's Like To Go To War in a B-2 Stealth Bomber* As a stealth bomber engineered during the height of the Cold War, the B-2 was designed to elu...more »

That was my favorite tweet yesterday and I have to admit that I almost wish he gets his way. Almost. I don’t want to wish death on anyone, not even a vicious, racist Trump moron. Unless you define anyone who voted for Trump as a moron-- not an unreasonable conclusion to jump to-- you have to admit that not all Trump voters are morons. Racists, perhaps but not morons. Some are college graduates with good jobs in complicated fields. Although a friend of mine told me the other day that he was picked up by a black Uber driver with a MAGA cap who ranted and raved like a maniac for the w...more »

All of these are preparations for an “Evil Aliens” invasion Satanic HOAX! The ‘Evil Aliens’ invasion, is to prepare the sheeple to attack the Lord Jesus Christ on His 2nd coming. It is all ONE BIG SCAM. The sheeple will fall for this psyop big time. – The Satanic methods are: subtlety and deception! – […]

Published on Jun 24, 2017 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has ratified a treaty that hands over two uninhabited Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. Sisi ratified the maritime border treaty days after parliament approved the deal. According to the agreement, Tiran and Sanafir islands will no longer be administered by Egypt and will be […]

CNN Deletes ‘Fake News’ Story About Russian Investment Ties To Trump by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com Thursday afternoon, CNN posted a story, by none other than Pulitzer-Prize-winning reporter Thomas Frank, claiming that “Congress was investigating a Russian investment fund with ties to Trump officials.” – The story was perfect fodder for ‘The Left’ as it provided […]

NATO's Saber Stike and Balt Ops 2017 are pure security theater demonstrating an insignifcant response to a non-existent threat The post NATO’s latest exercise…is an exercise in futility appeared first on The Duran.

*VOA:* *UN: Cholera Cases in Yemen Could Top 300,000 by End of August* GENEVA — The U.N. Children's Fund warns cholera cases and deaths in war-torn Yemen continue to mount and could reach 300,000 by the end of August. UNICEF puts the current number of suspected cases at nearly 200,000, including more than 1,200 deaths — with a quarter of those being children. UNICEF says containing the cholera outbreak in Yemen is extremely difficult. It says the health system is near total collapse, water and sanitation systems are in disrepair and the people who are meant to care for patients...more »

A new report examines racial inequity in education and offers recommendations based off of research which touches on structural barriers that need to be overcome in order to improve educational outcomes for racial groups.

*if you don't know the story see:* Outrageous! Wild Bill for America ARRESTED in Canada... Please link and spread the word. Your freedom depends on it. I don't think any of us really understand how important this is. *God bless Wild Bill!*

War & Financial Calamity Two Biggest Trends – Gerald Celente by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (Early Sunday Release) Top trends forecaster Gerald Celente thinks of all the things he studies, war and financial calamity are the two biggest trends he sees. The big game changer in the geopolitical global landscape is war coming from the Middle East. Celente […]

How America Armed Terrorists in Syria by GARETH PORTER • June 22, 2017, http://www.theamericanconservative.com/ Another Middle East debacle Three-term Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, a member of both the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees, has proposed legislation that would prohibit any U.S. assistance to terrorist organizations in Syria as well as to any organization working directly […]

Published on Aug 29, 2013 A journey back in time, Hosted by Dr.Fredrick Toben, this intriguing documentary shows a little-known fact of WWII in which Jews at one time declared war on Germany. In response to this, many Jews were incarcerated in concentration camps, similar to what America did to the Japanese. Some Germans even […]

Two Italian Zombie Banks Toppled Friday Night by Wolf Richter, http://wolfstreet.com/ ECB shuts down Veneto Banca and Banca Popolare di Vicenza. When banks fail and regulators decide to liquidate them, it happens on Friday evening so that there is a weekend to clean up the mess. And this is what happened in Italy – with two […]

Published on Jun 24, 2017 MSNBC contributor makes the most insane anti-Trump analogy yet. Even the host of the show was a little taken back by it, but she doubled down. Media analyst Mark Dice has the story. end

Military Escalation on Russia’s Doorstep: Kiev Announces US Combat Troops Will Deploy in Donbass by EN.News Front, via http://www.globalresearch.ca/ Kiev, Ukraine. In remarkable events, that now look strangely related, the Ukrainian speaker of Parliament, the Rada-has announced Ukraine has an agreement with the United States of America to deploy combat troops to “assist” their martial law operation […]

*VOA*:* Iraqi Troops Push Deeper into Mosul* Iraqi forces pushed deeper into the historical heart of Mosul on Sunday in their fight to retake it from Islamic State militants, with one Baghdad commander saying that 65 to 70 percent of the Old City had been liberated. Lieutenant ColonelSalam al-Obeidi said, "There is less than a square kilometer left to retake." He estimated that there were only "a few hundred" Islamic State fighters left in the city. *Read more* .... *Battle For The Iraqi City of Mosul -- News Updates June 25, 2017* "Stench of death" from bodies of ISIS fighters...more »

*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * A truth in modern warfare: Weapons do not always work as advertised. The United States Navy’s recent shoot down of a Syrian Arab Air Force Sukhoi Su-22 Fitter near the town of Tabqah over Syria is illustrative of a truth in modern warfare: Weapons do not always work as advertised. During the engagement between a pair of Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornets—flying off the aircraft carrier USS *George H.W. Bush* (CVN-77)—and the Fitter, advanced U.S. air-to-air missiles were decoyed at short-range. Indeed, as was reported by CNN, the Super Hornets first attacke...more »

*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Middle East* Can it fight? One of the most powerful and influential countries in the Middle East is undoubtedly Iran. The Islamic Republic of Iran sits astride several key strategic—and often volatile—regions, including the Persian Gulf, Central Asia, the Indian Ocean and the Caucasus. Iran is primarily a land power, and has invaded and suffered invasion from other peoples and countries over the past several thousand years. As a result, Iran retains large ground forces, both in the Iranian Army itself and the paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Co...more »

*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* In 1938, Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin undertook a secret prewar mission to Great Britain. At stake: another world war and the lives of millions. Many accounts have been written about the peace mission flight of Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess and his parachute landing in a farm field in Scotland in May 1941 to discuss with the Duke of Hamilton a proposal to end hostilities. Hess was also Reich minister without portfolio and leader of the Nazi Party, among other titles. He piloted his own plane from Augsburg and bailed out over the duke’s estate...more »

*Zachary Keck* *Security, Middle East* Should America be worried? Just when you thought you’d seen it all in the six-year-long Syrian civil war, the conflict took another turn when Iran launched a missile attack against Islamic State militants in the province of Deir ez-Zour last Sunday. Iran depicted the attack, which was reportedly the first time Iran used missiles since the Iran-Iraq War, as a response to the ISIS attacks on the Iranian parliament and mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini earlier this month. Although ISIS provided the immediate impetus for the attacks, the...more »

*Michael Peck* *Security, * It was a crack in the wall that would eventually bring the Berlin Wall—and the Soviet Union itself—crashing down. On May 28, 1987, an eighteen-year-old German pilot who barely knew how to fly helped topple the Soviet Union. When Mathias Rust landed his Cessna in Red Square in Moscow, he set in motion of chain of events that contributed to the collapse of Communist rule. In the spring of 1987, Rust was nothing more than a restless teenager with quixotic dreams of creating peace between the United States and the Soviet Union. Rust told a Smithsonian *A...more »

*Aykan Erdemir, Merve Tahiroglu* *Security, Eurasia* [image: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, June 13, 2017. Kayhan Ozer/Presidential Palace/Handout] The move was consistent with Ankara’s outreach to Doha over the last decade. A few weeks after the Saudi-led diplomatic blitz targeting Qatar, there is no doubt that Ankara stands firmly with Doha. Under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey has developed a close albeit asymmetrical partnership with Qatar. Th...more »

*Milton Ezrati* *Economics, Americas* [image: A cargo ship sails across the ocean.] While President Trump’s new tone and actions may relieve people’s worst fears of protectionism, he still presents a threat on trade. Trump in recent weeks has offered reason for many to sigh with relief, at least where foreign trade is concerned. The man came into office in January preaching a strictly protectionist gospel. Though other aspects of his economic agenda had merit, the prospect of a trade war threatened to more than undo any economic good that might emerge from his other policies. Si...more »

*Anatol Lieven* *Foreign Policy, India* [image: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a speech during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia, June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Valery Sharifulin/TASS/Host Photo Agency/Pool] The utopian belief in a globalized world without borders is dying in the West. *MARRIAGE BETWEEN* the *Economist* and the *New Left Review* may seem like one of Hieronymus Bosch’s stranger copulations. Liberal capitalists and Marxists have been drawn passionately together over the past few decades in one area: their common utopi...more »

*Denis Dragovic, Richard Iron* *Security, Middle East* [image: Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) stand in a house in Raqqa, Syria June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic] Some believe that the destruction of ISIS is the only thing standing between peace and eternal crisis. It isn’t. *THE ELIMINATION* of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria has become an unhealthy obsession for Western nations, most of which operate under the assumption that the destruction of ISIS is the only thing standing between peace and eternal crisis. It isn’t. Focusing on ISIS’s defeat ...more »

*Paul R. Pillar* *Afghanistan Syria, Middle East South Asia* The battle for Raqqa is now being waged, and the diverse forces that have been helping to extinguish the self-proclaimed caliphate of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) soon must face squarely what becomes of the portion of Syria that ISIS had controlled. It may be useful to recall an earlier and somewhat similar situation in which the defeat of a common enemy led not to peace and stability but instead to fighting among the victors. This occurred some two decades ago in another land in which, like Syria, the United St...more »

On June 25, 1876, Hunkpapa Lakota Mary Crawler also known as Moving Robe Woman was doing yard work when she heard that her brother had been slain by General Custer and his army. She immediately abandoned her work and headed to avenge her brother’s death. She describes this day in an interview given with Frank Zahn in 1931 of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, “I ran to a nearby thicket and got my black horse. I painted my face with crimson and braided my black hair. I was mourning. I was a woman, but I was not afraid.” She rode into battle with her father and other warriors and described ...more »

*Reuters*:* U.S.-backed Syrian groups take Raqqa district from Islamic State* A U.S.-backed Syrian coalition of Kurdish and Arab groups advanced against Islamic State in the jihadists' Syrian capital of Raqqa on Sunday, taking the al-Qadisia district, they said. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) began its assault on Raqqa earlier this month after a long campaign to isolate Islamic State inside the city. It took Qadisia, located in the west of Raqqa, after three days of intense fighting, it said in a statement on one of its official social media feeds. The SDF has pushed Islami...more »

*The end of the GOP?* Friday, writing for *The Atlantic*, former Bush staffer David Frum noted the “mounting evidence” that Putin inflicted Trump on us by putting him into the White House and asked a poignant question for all Americans: What Happens When A Presidency Loses Its Legitimacy?. For many millions of Americans, perhaps most Americans, that’s already happened. Frum points to a n”thick cloud of discredit over the Trump presidency” that grows darker by the day and reminded his readers that, unaware he was being taped, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy admitted his his memb...more »

DETROIT — Jennifer Carr knows she’s not the profile of a typical college student. The Detroit-area woman is 37 and has battled alcohol and heroin addiction. She’s also been homeless in the past and even now is categorized as someone who is precariously housed. Carr’s story is not unusual. Studies suggest thousands of students at […]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A historically Black university in Florida is dealing with mounting financial problems. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported Sunday a review of tax documents showed annual losses at Bethune-Cookman University have climbed over a three-year period from $254,000 to $17.8 million. The paper said that tax returns show that salaries are increasing […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Myron Rolle has accomplished many things on and off the field. His biggest ones, though, might still be coming up. Rolle’s dream of becoming a doctor came to fruition on May 20 when he graduated from Florida State’s College of Medicine. The former All-American safety and Rhodes Scholar has not had much […]

NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey community college has fired an adjunct professor after officials say she made racially insensitive comments on Fox News. Essex County College’s president announced the decision Friday, two weeks after Lisa Durden’s appeared on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” College officials said they received complaints about Durden’s interview with Carlson. Durden, who […]

WILMINGTON, Del. — The University of Delaware is distancing itself from comments made by an adjunct professor after she said a college student who died after being held by North Korea “got exactly what he deserved.” The Wilmington News Journal reports that anthropology professor Kathy Dettwyler said on her personal Facebook page that Otto Warmbier […]

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s largest community college has been put on warning by its accrediting body, which cited financial problems and other issues. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, in a statement Friday, said that Hinds Community College was sanctioned because it’s violating accrediting rules related to a sound financial base […]

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday refused to block a sex and race discrimination lawsuit filed against the University of Texas by former women’s track coach Bev Kearney, who was forced out after the school learned of a romantic relationship with one of her athletes a decade earlier. Kearney’s lawsuit claims that […]

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri’s Board of Curators has voted unanimously to revoke an honorary degree it granted to Bill Cosby. University system President Mun Choi recommended that the board strip the comedian of a doctorate in humane letters he received in 1999. Choi cited allegations from several women that Cosby sexually assaulted […]

“Under dark skies the setting of the Milky Way can be a dramatic sight. Stretching nearly parallel to the horizon, this rich, edge-on vista of our galaxy above the dusty Namibian desert stretches from bright, southern Centaurus (left) to Cepheus in the north (right). *Click image for larger size.* From early August, the digitally stitched, panoramic night skyscape captures the Milky Way's congeries of stars and rivers of cosmic dust, along with colors of nebulae not readily seen with the eye. Mars, Saturn, and Antares, visible even in more luminous night skies, form the the bright c...more »

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